We’ve seen this on queer-themed programs like Orange Is the New Black, and it often permeates into real life as well: one queer woman isn’t interested in another queer woman, so the rejected woman calls the other woman “straight.” I think that queer women calling other queer women straight is the queer woman’s equivalent of…
With the Emmy Awards on September 22, I decided to check out the list of nominations for 2013, and I’m disappointed. A few weeks ago, my boyfriend and I were watching an episode of South Park from season nine in which Cartman eats all the breading off a bucket of KFC, leaving no good parts…
One of the worst nightmares I can imagine is one in which I trust a partner enough to send them a nude photograph of me, and they share it with everyone as soon as we break up. “Revenge porn” is a serious problem impacting exes everywhere; one can never know if or when those nudes…
I’ve heard this counter-argument almost every single time I’ve tried to bring up a feminist issue with a man: “but not all men are like that!” I know. Not all men are rapists. Not all men abuse their significant others. Not all men actively oppress women. I get it. Moving on. Having your gender generalized…
Senator Wendy Davis, you are a badass. Thank you for saying “fuck this” to the Texas abortion bill, which would make pregnancy termination illegal in Texas after 20 weeks. Thank you for speaking for 13 hours to fight for the rights of Texas people with uteri. Thank you for realizing that the right of a…
A recent Jezebel article by Tracy Moore titled “10 Reasons Sluts Make Better Friends” puts a new spin on judging women based on their sexual history—it praises sluts and, as a result, debases less sexually active women. I do not find this to be progressive at all. I am an avid believer in congratulating a…
He messaged me first because he saw a photo of me with one of my favorite musicians. He wanted to tell me he had met her, too, once, in a café. I didn’t really care, but he was attractive—like, “why are you talking to me? don’t you know you could do better?” attractive—so I went…
In a recent interview with Charles Ramsey, the man who saved three women who had been missing for a decade, he was asked how he felt about all the attention he was getting from media outlets. His response? “I don’t even want it.” Ramsey went on to say that he’s human and that he did…
1) Stop Shaming Women’s Bodies Comic by fatgirlyay I recently came across this gem from AskMen.com: “Top 10: Subtle Ways To Tell Her She’s Getting Fat.” Not only does this article perpetuate the idea that fat bodies—and fat women’s bodies in particular—are unacceptable, but it doesn’t do straight men any favors, either. If it’s not…
You heard me. I don’t care about your penis. I haven’t looked at a recent picture of the cock outline in your pants or read any joke anyone has made about your junk. I’m writing this because I think it’s shitty of you to exercise your right to say, “stop that!” without acknowledging those of us…
